National Capital Area Challenge

Operation Warm teams with the nonprofit Coats For Kids Foundation to reach children in the Nation’s Capital area. There are over 100,000 people living in poverty in the District of Columbia alone, enough to fill RFK stadium twice. Of those, one third are children.

Please help us reach children in need in Fairfax County, Alexandria City, and Arlington County, VA, in Washington D.C, and in Prince George’s County, MD. Facing at least five months of cold weather, or on average 71 days of temperatures below freezing, children in the greater Washington, DC area can benefit greatly from a warm coat. We believe that by providing a child with a new winter coat, we are also demonstrating to that child that she/he is important and of value.

We greatly value our community partners that support our expanding programs to serve local children. Thanks to the following organizations, children continue to receive the gift of a new winter coat.

Thank you to our supporters that have helped us meet this CHALLENGE year after year! Operation Warm has received support from the Ada Harris Maley Memorial Fund, the Safeway Foundation, Philip L. Graham Fund, The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Coats For Kids Foundation Combined Federal Campaign CFC#52316, the Rotary Club of Alexandria and other local service organizations and many generous individuals. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. Thanks to you, in 2013, over 5,000 Capital area children received a brand new Operation Warm winter coat.

Please help us to continue meeting our local Challenge! Click here to donate now and feel free to specify the program you would like to support by noting it in the "Comments / Notes" section. Thank you for your generosity.

Please consider supporting our work with a recurring gift.
It’s an easy way to support children in need and their families.
$40 per month sponsors new coats for an entire classroom.
$10 per month sponsors new coats for six children each year.